Aug 6, 2009 at 4:57pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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James Carswell noticed that Google, on some browsers, has shifted the search ads on the right hand side of the search results page, closer to the free (organic) results. I personally was able to replicate this change, by comparing Firefox to Safari and posted a video illustrating the change. In the video below, you will [...]
Millward Brown released their top “BrandZ” report for 2009 (PDF) and Google has top the list, once again. The main difference this year is that Google’s “brand value” is up 16%, from $86 billion to $100 billion this year. Here is a chart of the top ten global brands by Millward Brown:
Microsoft ranks number [...]
Links long ago became the currency of the Web, thanks in no small part to Google and its PageRank algorithm. Like anything of value, link authority is bought, sold, leased, bartered, brokered, swindled and stolen. The fact that links are valuable is widely accepted. But yet when pressed, can any SEO or link builder really [...]
Microsoft’s new Bing search engine has its own unique approach to video search which has engendered both praise and pans. Perhaps the most remarked upon feature is the mouse hover over a thumbnail of a video and Bing will play 30 seconds of the clip with sound. It has already been noted that this feature [...]
This morning Google is rolling out a program in Australia enabling developers to create “social gadgets” that permit sharing, collaboration and groups on the iGoogle homepage. The social gadgets will come to the US and other markets in the future, but the timing is undetermined. I spoke yesterday with Google’s Marissa Mayer about the new [...]
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